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• NASA's latest X-ray telescope sends back stunning first image of supernova remnant

  15-02-2022 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space-based observatory launched on December 9, 2021 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low Earth orbit.
  
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• Inside the £100,000 Axsim Formula Simulator that helps F1 drivers practise from home

  15-02-2022 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK-based Axsim has built a simulator which uses fighter jet technology to help create the sensation of G-Force experienced by the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and George Russell.
  
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• 'Worst-case' climate predictions are 'no longer plausible,' study shows

  15-02-2022 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, by theUniversity of Colorado Boulder, found extreme temperatures, that would have led to a sharp rise in extreme weather events and sea rises, are no longer plausible.
  
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• Trendy woodburning stoves drive levels of dangerous air pollutants up by 3% every year in the UK

  15-02-2022 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report by Defra has revealed that wood burning is now a bigger contributor to particulate pollution than cars and lorries.
  
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• Fake faces created by AI look MORE trustworthy than real people, study reveals 

  15-02-2022 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Synthetically generated' faces are not only highly photo realistic, but nearly indistinguishable from real faces and are even judged to be more trustworthy, researchers in Lancaster and California report.
  
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• London museum to display 300-year-old bedsheet with message in human hair taken from a SEVERED HEAD

  15-02-2022 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bedsheet will form part of the 'Executions' exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, which is set to open in October.
  
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• Norfolk County Council sues Apple in class action

  15-02-2022 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Californian judge says a pension fund run by Norfolk County Council can pursue a class-action case.
  
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• Elon Musk's brain chip firm denies animal cruelty claims

  15-02-2022 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A complaint accuses Neuralink's research partner of 'deadly brain experiments' on monkeys.
  
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• App “Tracks User’s Eyes” To Make Sure They Watch Advertisements

  15-02-2022 16:10 via technocracy.news
  
  Want the movie for free? First, just watch all the pre-roll advertisements. No cheating. The camera on your phone is watching your eyes. Look away and you will be charged. But don’t worry, it’s just a little brainwash therapy. What could go wrong with that? ⁃ TN EditorMoviepass, the now-defunct service that was supposed to allow users to watch movies inexpensively, has pivoted ever-so-slightly into the business of being an Orwellian advertisement machine.
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• Dinosaur that roamed Brazil 230 million years ago is hailed as a 'missing link' in evolution

  15-02-2022 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 230 million-year-old dinosaur unearthed in Brazil has been hailed as a 'missing link' in the the evolution of the world's biggest land animals.
  
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• Poof, It’s Gone: Hacking And Draining Cryptocurrency Accounts

  15-02-2022 15:24 via technocracy.news
  
  Cryptocurrencies are marketed as being safe, secure and private. Victims of crypto-crooks find differently. If you base your fortune on holding cryptocurrencies, remember that criminals are smarter and trickier than your ability to defend your assets. In time, people will call for central banks to provide security. ⁃ TN EditorDr. Anders Apgar was out for dinner last month with his family, and his phone would not stop buzzing. It looked like a robocall, so he tried to ignore it.
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• Greenism Is Destroying Australia’s Ancient Grasslands

  15-02-2022 14:37 via technocracy.news
  
  Green extremists claim that they are going to save the planet if we just let them have control of environmental policies. All who have been suckered by this tripe find in experience, that just the opposite is true: the destroy everything they touch. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes from PM Morrison (this after $141M from PM Turnbull just over 3 years ago). Koalas got $50M from Morr
  
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• Broadband firms urged to offer deals to low-income families

  15-02-2022 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom calls on all companies to support households with "social tariffs".
  
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• Twitter Has Started Blocking Porn in Germany

  15-02-2022 13:00
  
  Dozens of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online.
  
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• The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain

  15-02-2022 13:00
  
  Digital twins, virtual copies of everything from bridges to aeroplanes, are coming for healthcare. A European project, called Neurotwin, now wants to digitally clone brains.
  
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• For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a Better Bug

  15-02-2022 13:00
  
  Faster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets.
  
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• Wordle glitch see TWO different solutions depending on the site used

  15-02-2022 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The glitch is a result of the popular game's migration from its original website to the New York Times website following its seven-figure purchase at the end of January.
  
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• Get Ready for Cyber-Attacks on Global Food Supplies

  15-02-2022 12:55
  
  Unless proper security systems are put in place, key sectors of the food industry are vulnerable to attack.
  
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• Art Can Help Heal the Trauma Wrought by Covid-19

  15-02-2022 12:55
  
  Be it a cry for help or a blast of joy, artistic responses allow us come to terms with past two years of the pandemic.
  
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• ARMLESS dinosaur roamed Argentina 70 million years ago and could take down prey with its huge jaws

  15-02-2022 12:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossilised remains of the new species, named Guemesia ochoai, were discovered in Argentina by researchers from the Natural History Museum in London.
  
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• Roblox: The children's game with a sex problem

  15-02-2022 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC investigation has found virtual sex parties are taking place in a popular online children’s game.
  
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• Can an alien hunting formula help you find love? Physicist develops a tool based on 'Drake Equation'

  15-02-2022 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Wooding from Southampton combined a love of astrophysics and statistics to build a tool that calculates the odds of finding 'the one'.
  
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• Europe's oldest prosthetic limb will go on display as part of a new Stonehenge exhibition

  15-02-2022 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detectorists found the hand buried in a human grave near Lake Biel, in western Switzerland in 2017, along with a hair ornament, bronze dagger and cloak pin.
  
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• Instagram launches Private Story Likes so users can respond to Stories with a 'heart'

  15-02-2022 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Launched globally on Valentine's Day, the Private Story Likes tool allows you to respond to Stories with a 'heart', rather than having to send a direct message (DM).
  
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• Telegram: What's behind the social media app's growing popularity?

  15-02-2022 09:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There's more to the social media app than you may think.
  
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• Beijing tech crackdown: China's new data rules come into effect

  15-02-2022 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Companies with more than one million users’ data must undergo a review before listing overseas.
  
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• Most under-5s are breaking the limits on screen time

  15-02-2022 02:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only a quarter of children under two, and one in three aged two to five, are meeting international recommendations, according to the study.
  
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• Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health - study

  15-02-2022 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected, research finds.
  
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• How nurseries are keeping track of their toddlers

  15-02-2022 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Childcare centres have embraced apps to monitor kids but not all parents are convinced of the benefits.
  
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